The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court has dismissed AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala and her nephew TTV Dinakaran's plea to discharge them from Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) violation case. Case against Sasikala and TTV Dinakaran:1. Sasikala and Dinakaran were discharged from this 1996 case by the Egmore Economic offence Court on May 18, citing lack of evidence. The ED said that is why Sasikala and Dinakaran should not be dicharged from the case. Hearing the arguments, the court decided to accept the ED's case and dismissed Sasikala's plea to discharge herself and Dinakaram from it.

Source: India Today February 01, 2017 15:56 UTC